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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pog

/pɑɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English

Syllables
pog
IPA
/pɑɡ/
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Awesome, excellent, remarkable.

intj

Used to denote excitement.

verb

To open one's mouth in surprise or excitement in an exaggerated manner.

Intransitive verb

noun

A phrase that positively compliments something; praise.

noun

A single (usually brightly colored) piece in the game of milk caps.

noun

Acronym of personalized oncogenomics.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Acronym of person other than grunt, a member of military staff other than infantry.

American usage; Countable; Slang

noun

Alternative form of pog (“milk cap”).

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ph₁tós Proto-Italic *patosder.? Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.? Latin patior Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin passiōbor. Old English passion ▲ Latin passiōbor. Old French passionbor. Middle English passioun English passion Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewHg- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHgyéti Proto-Italic *frūgjōr Proto-Italic *frūjōr Latin fruor Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin frūctus Old French fruitbor. Middle English fruyt English fruit English passion fruit ▲ Italian melaranciacalq. Old French Orengeinflu. ▲ Old Occitan auranjainflu. Old French pomme d'orenge Old French orenge Middle French orangebor. Middle English orenge English orange Taíno *wayababor. Spanish guayababor. English guava English POG English pog Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s Proto-Italic *kampos Latin campusbor. Proto-West Germanic *kamp Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-West Germanic *-jan Proto-West Germanic *kampijan Proto-Germanic *-jô Proto-West Germanic *-jō Frankish *kampijōbor. Medieval Latin campiō Old French champiunbor. Middle English champioun English champion English champ English pogchamp English pog A clipping of PogChamp, an emoticon used on streaming site Twitch.tv, depicting streamer Ryan Gutierrez and derived from his 2011 video called "Pogs Championship" where he wins a game of Pogs. The game is named after the drink Passion Orange Guava, abbreviated POG. An erroneous folk etymology states that pog is an acronym for "play of the game," as the term is commonly used within the video game streaming community.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /pɑɡ/
  • British English: /pɒɡ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more pog (comparative) most pog (superlative) pogs (present, singular) pogging (participle, present) pogged (participle, past) pogged (past) pogs (plural)

Derived Forms

unpog poggers pogchamp

Synonyms

poge pogue milk cap

Homonyms

pogge

Rhymes With

fog frog og prague hog bog jog hogg smog clog slog rog

Questions

How do you pronounce pog?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɑɡ/.
What does pog mean?
Awesome, excellent, remarkable.
Where does pog come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ph₁tós Proto-Italic *patosder.? Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.? Latin patior Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin passiōbor. Old English passion ▲ Latin passiōbor. Old French passionbor. Middle English passioun English passion Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewHg- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHgyéti Proto-Italic *frūgjōr Proto-Italic *frūjōr Latin fruor Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin frūctus Old French fruitbor. Middle English fruyt English fruit English passion fruit ▲ Italian melaranciacalq. Old French Orengeinflu. ▲ Old Occitan auranjainflu. Old French pomme d'orenge Old French orenge Middle French orangebor. Middle English orenge English orange Taíno *wayababor. Spanish guayababor. English guava English POG English pog Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s Proto-Italic *kampos Latin campusbor. Proto-West Germanic *kamp Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-West Germanic *-jan Proto-West Germanic *kampijan Proto-Germanic *-jô Proto-West Germanic *-jō Frankish *kampijōbor. Medieval Latin campiō Old French champiunbor. Middle English champioun English champion English champ English pogchamp English pog A clipping of PogChamp, an emoticon used on streaming site Twitch.tv, depicting streamer Ryan Gutierrez and derived from his 2011 video called "Pogs Championship" where he wins a game of Pogs. The game is named after the drink Passion Orange Guava, abbreviated POG. An erroneous folk etymology states that pog is an acronym for "play of the game," as the term is commonly used within the video game streaming community.

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